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Auction Name April Auction - bidstart 3/21 Total Sales (USD) 1,983,000.00
Auction Date April 23, 2022 - April 23, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,895,300.00
Sale Number #42322 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,733,800.00
Total Lots 162
Sold Lots 81 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,664,900.00
% of Lots Sold 50.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 5,534,500.00
Unsold Lots 81 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 35.83%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
88 CATESBY, Mark (1683-1749).

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants; Particularly the Forest-Trees, Shrubs, and other Plants, not hitherto Described.

1731-1743. USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 USD 288,000.00
91 MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (1647-1717); MERIAN, Johanna Helena (1668-1723).

Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium.

1719 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 252,000.00
89 CATESBY, Mark (1683-1749).

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants; Particularly the Forest-Trees, Shrubs, and other Plants, not hitherto Described.

1754 USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD 240,000.00
28 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

American White Pelican, Plate 311.

1827-1838. USD 175,000.00 - 225,000.00 USD 180,000.00
49 REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph (BELGIAN, 1759-1840).

Still Life with Roses and Anemone.

USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 168,000.00
67 HAVELL, Robert Jr. (1793-1878).

Peregrine Falcon (Great-Footed Hawk).

1831-1832. USD 100,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 132,000.00
98 CAPITANI DA SESTO, Giovanni Paolo de’ (Early, 17th Century).

Manuscript collection of maps and views of Valtellina in Northern Italy.

1627 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 108,000.00
133 MONTRESOR, John (1736-1799).

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding

1767 USD 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 78,000.00
14 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Virginia Partridge, Plate 76.

1827-1838. USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 66,000.00
24 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

Reddish Egret / Purple Heron, Plate 256.

1827-1838. USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 42,000.00
104 MALTE-BRUN, Victor Adolphe (1816-1889).

Carte du Royame De Siam avec la Cochinchine Francaise et la Royaume de Cambodge d'Apres les documents les plus recents...MDCCCLXIX.

c. 1857-1865. USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 22,800.00
105 MALTE-BRUN, Victor Adolphe (1816-1889).

[Central America] Carte des Etats du Mexique au temps de la conquete en 1521. D'apres les anciens documents de la Vice Royaute et les cartes de la Societe de Geographie et de Statistique de Mexico, & & & Dressee sous la direction de Mr. Brasseaur de Bourb

c. 1857-1865. USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,600.00
109 MALTE-BRUN, Victor Adolphe (1816-1889).

[Panama] Carte des Isthmes de Panama et de Darien. d'Apres A. Codazzi. TOGETHER WITH: Plan general du canal interoceanique du Darien d'apres Mr. N. Bouriol ing.civil. AND: Coupe verticale de L'istme sur le trace du canal.

c. 1857-1865. USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,600.00
111 MALTE-BRUN, Victor Adolphe (1816-1889).

[India] Esquisse Generale des explorations des freres Har. Schlaginweit dans l'Inde at dans la haute Asie 1855-1859.

c. 1857-1865. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,600.00
80 WEBER, Carl Phillip (1850-1921).

Mountain Landscape with waterfall.

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,400.00
93 GOULD, John (1804-1881).

A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America.

[1844]-1850 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 14,400.00
107 MALTE-BRUN, Victor Adolphe (1816-1889).

[China] Carte du bassin de l'Amour et d'une partie de L'Asia Orientale pour suivre les recentes explorations des Russes dans ces contrees.

1860 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,200.00
110 MALTE-BRUN, Victor Adolphe (1816-1889).

[Tibet / Himalaya] Carte de L'Himalaya Central et du Thibet Meridional Pour suivre l'Itineraire de deux Pundits indiens d'Apres T. G. Montgomerie, R. Schlagintweit et A. Petermann dessinee et dressee par V. A. Malte-Brun.

1868 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 13,200.00
139 EHRENBERG, Herman (1816-1866).

Map of the Gadsden Purchase Sonora and portions of New Mexico Chihuahua & California by Herman Ehrenberg C. E. from his private notes and those of Colonel Gray Maj: Heintzelman, Lieut: Parks and others. The Yaqui, Mayo, and Fuerte valleys are by A. Fleury

1858 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,600.00
137 MEAD, Braddock, alias John GREEN (c.1688-1757)]

A Map of the most Inhabited part of New England containing the Provinces of Massachusets [sic.] Bay and New Hampshire, with the Colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, Divided into Counties and Townships: The whole composed from Actual Surveys and its Si

1774 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,000.00
125 VAN KEULEN, Gerard (1678-1727).

Carte de la Nouvelle France on se voit le cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississippi...

ca 1720. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,400.00
45 MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717).

“Plate 54. The Balli Plant. Red Ginger Plant With Wasp”.

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 10,800.00
25 AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851).

White-Fronted Goose, Plate 286.

1827-1838. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,300.00
40 MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717).

“Plate 33. The Fig Tree. Ficus americana”

1705 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,000.00
41 MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717).

“Plate 34. American Grapes and Green Hawkmoth”

1705 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 9,000.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
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